What is a plasmoid?
A plasmoid is a small, self-built, donut-shaped plasma that holds its own shape. In Malcolm Bendall’s study material it is also called an EVO (Exotic Vacuum Occurrence). It matters because the whole Thunderstorm Generator story is built around it.
Plain definition
The short answer
Think of a smoke ring that holds itself together. A plasmoid is a donut-shaped (toroidal) plasma held in its own magnetic bottle.
Strike Foundation material calls it an Exotic Vacuum Occurrence (EVO). On this site, plasmoid and EVO mean the same thing.
Inventor claim
How it forms, in the inventor’s model
In the bubbler, air rises through a water column. Bubbles collapse (cavitation) and form EVOs at a quiet zero-point on the equatorial plane — the birth step.
An EVO grows while charging and discharges on a positive pulse. This is the Bendall / Strike model, taught as study material, not consensus physics.
Measured
What has actually been measured
The Embry-Riddle test — an Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University master’s (M.S.) thesis (2026), with the road-test hardware supplied by the manufacturer, Plasmoid Power — found, under the conditions tested, a 9.67% lower fuel-use rate on a small generator and about 8.7% better fuel economy on a one-vehicle road test. In an idle test, carbon monoxide (CO) fell by about 34%, while carbon dioxide (CO₂), oxygen and hydrocarbons did not change significantly.
That meter speaks to fuel use and exhaust. It does not directly observe plasmoids or prove the model behind them.
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